Taking A Blood Pressure Measurement - Samsung Healthy Living BM-501S Owner's Manual

Taking a Blood Pressure
Measurement
Once the cuff is properly applied and you are seated with your
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feet flat on the floor you are ready to take a measurement.
Press "START/STOP" button. When the "
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symbol flashes on the LCD screen, depress
the knob to release the trapped air in the cuff
before squeezing the inflation bulb to manually
inflate the monitor until heart pulse appears on
the screen. It is ready to take your measurement.
Do not continue to inflate.
*Do not inflate the monitor higher than 240mmHg.
You will feel the cuff get tighter around your arm - this is nor-
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mal. It should not inflate to the point of discomfort. If this
occurs, the cuff is secured too tightly. Press "START/STOP"
and rewrap the cuff leaving more room between your arm
and the cuff.
Numbers will appear on the digital display. This is the normal
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process the monitor goes through to determine your blood
pressure. Don't be alarmed if you notice the numbers quickly
change, or go higher than you believe your blood pressure to
be.
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Taking a Blood Pressure Measurement

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Taking a Blood Pressure
Measurement
When your measurement is complete the "
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knob symbol will appear on the LCD screen. Remember to
depress the knob to release the remaining trapped air
inside the cuff.
The entire measurement process should take less than a
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minute. Once measurement is complete the display will
flash your blood pressure and pulse measurements.
It's important to make sure all of the air has been
released from the cuff before taking another
measurement.
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Taking a Blood Pressure Measurement